Refined Bodies

2000-9-24 15:17:00

I wrote:
"His form was not perfect, or was marred more than other sons of Adam. We know that Christ was physically marred through the crucifixion, but his servants are often marred in some way to keep them humble."

To this Glenys writes:
"And how does all this fit in with your cycle of seven lifetimes of each sex teaching, JJ? From what I can remember, as one reaches the peak of womanhood or manhood in a particular cycle, they are also supposed to reach relative physical perfection (before the rot sets in as the opposite energies start to develop :-)

"I assume Jesus and the disciples - past and present - were at the peak of their cycle of seven lifetimes. So shouldn't they have been characterized by great beauty and form and trouble-free bods?"

JJ:
Actually, problems with the physical body do have the effect of keeping disciples humble, but the cause often originates from something beyond their control. Djwahl Khul tells us that the Dark Brothers will often attack the bodies of disciples to slow them down or hinder their work. "All kinds of means are employed to hinder the usefulness of the disciple through disease or the crippling of his physical body. Not all accidents are the result of karma, for the disciple has usually surmounted a good deal of that type of karma and is thus comparatively free from that source of hindrance in active work."

Disciples will have bodies of refined atomic substance whose molecules are in a state of high evolution and advanced disciples will usually have good health. Beginning disciples (and some advanced ones) will often have great health struggles as they have not yet learned to overcome the dark attacks.

On the other hand, a disciple of any degree may be subject to an accident engineered by the Dark Brothers when his guard is down, especially when he or she is a youth and not prepared to expect anything.

A disciple may have an advanced physical body in the esoteric sense, yet not be particularly good-looking. Take Madame Blavatsky, for example.